"This is pure age discrimination. They cannot provide any evidence or figures to show that drivers aged 70 and over would be more often involved in accidents."

The European Union wants elderly people (70+) to undergo medical tests from now on to prove that they are still capable of driving a car every five years. However, the proposal has been met with a lot of criticism.

  • ElmarsonTheThird@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The german satire party DIE PARTEI wanted to implement a highest voting age. If you can’t vote the first 18 years of your life, you shouldn’t be able to vote the final 18 years.

    • Simbomba@feddit.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I seriously hoped it would have been implemented The older folks seem to ruin germany more the older they get

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve been saying the same thing for years. We should revoke voting status 18y from whatever the national average lifespan. That’ll never happen, though.

      • nudny ekscentryk@szmer.infoEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Well insurance companies have all the models necessary for that. It’s actually called actuary and it’s a field of mathematics.

        Or, average national lifespan